Exterior view of the front of the public school in Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1874. The building is two-story with a hipped roof and three towers. There is a gable over the center of the facade containing a stone carved with "Public School...

Exterior view of the front of the public school in Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1874. The building is two story, with a hipped roof, three towers, and a metal chimney, a gable over the center of the facade, and carved stone inserts in the brick...

View of Central City and Casto Hill, which are blanketed in snow, after the fire of 1874. Gregory Street is at the bottom of a snowy slope, flanked by small, wood-frame houses with snow on their roofs. Lawrence and East High Streets are in the...

View of Central City, Colorado, after the fire of 1874. A burned out brick building is surrounded by debris in the foreground. Burned out buildings litter the background. Smoke rises from one of the buildings in the center of the photograph. A...

Exterior view of the carriage house and office on the grounds of the Hamill House, located at the corner of Argentine and Third (3rd) Streets in Georgetown, Colorado. The house was built by Joseph Watson, and was acquired by William A. Hamill in...

Exterior view of the Hamill House, located at the corner of Argentine and Third (3rd) Streets in Georgetown, Colorado. The house was built by Joseph Watson and acquired by William A. Hamill in 1874. Between 1874 and 1881 he made various additions...

Exterior view of the southeast side of the cabin built by Francis M. Snowden in 1874. Purported to be the first cabin built in Silverton, it is a one-room, one-story structure of hewn logs with chinking, and a double layered roof with dirt between...

Exterior view of the Clear Creek County Court House, Georgetown, Colorado. The wood construction building, built in 1868, is seen at its original site at Fifth and Argentine Streets. Originally the Ohio Bakery, it became the court house in 1874....

City Bakery stands farther down the block next door to the Young American Clothing Hall. Another store has the word "Stoves" painted on its front facade. On the near side of Main Street in the center midground is the two-story, wood frame building...

View of the plaza in Las Vegas (San Miguel County), New Mexico. People pose in front of the adobe buildings, one with a false brick front. Two of the buildings have portals with Territorial style posts and window frames. Horse-drawn covered wagons,...

The McClure House, in Canon City, Colorado, is a three-story brick building with a flat roof, bracketed cornice, and stone sills and keystones. Men pose on the boardwalk that is lined with a rail fence; women look out the windows. A corner...

An early view of Central City, Colorado, probably taken in the early 1870s. In the foreground is a rocky hillside with a view that looks down the hill toward the town; shows many wood-framed buildings, most of which did not survive the fire of...

Covered wagons and teams of horses line Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. Men in suits pose on the tire tracked dirt; two-story brick commercial buildings have cornices, chimneys, open porches, and a sign: "H. Sartor Saddles & Harness."

Facade of the First National Bank Building, erected 1874, Central City, Colorado. The Victorian, brick building is bordered by Main, Pine and Eureka Streets. The building has large, arched windows on the lower level and small rectangular-shaped...

View of the Cherry Creek Grange near Parker Road and East Arapahoe Road in Littleton (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The one story stuccoed building has tall arched windows and a hipped tile roof. A sign over the door reads: "Cherry Creek Grange." ...

View of the facade of the Colorado Iron Works, at 3350-90 Brighton Blvd in the Five Points Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The two story red brick building has a metal capped shaped parapet. A gutter runs between the first and second levels. On...

Exterior view of the First United Presbyterian Church, 8th (Eighth) and Taos Streets, on the south bank of South Clear Creek, Georgetown, Colorado. First service held September 20, 1874. Minister in black suit with white collar stands outside a...

Exterior view of the brick school house on Taos Street in Georgetown, Colorado, which was built in 1874. The two-story Italianate building has ornamental brackets under the eaves and a gable over the pavilioned entrance; "Public School" and "1874"...

View of the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows on the Plaza in Las Vegas (San Miguel County), New Mexico. The stone building with Gothic style elements has two bell towers, a clock, a rose glass window and two Gothic stained glass windows. Wooden...